The Monterey (Calif.) County Herald is reporting that Monterey Peninsula College center Andrew Young, who visited N.C. State this weekend, has chosen to attend Texas A&M.

The junior-college transfer would have filled the void left by DeShawn Painter, who is transferring to Old Dominion for family reasons.

With the NFL Draft less than two weeks away (April 26-28, New York), Terrell Manning’s decision to leave N.C. State after the 2011 season is beginning to look somewhat risky.

Rodney Purvis, evil Twitter genius toying with the emotions of N.C. State fans? Duke recruit Rasheed Sulaimon almost went to UNC?

Those secrets were revealed in ESPN's Jason Jordan's report from the Jordan Brand Classic, which is Saturday in Charlotte. Jordan asked several players, including Purvis, Sulaimon and UNC signee J.P. Tokoto about which school was their second choice.

RALEIGH — N.C. State's bench will have a different look next season. DeShawn Painter, the top backup forward for the Wolfpack, and Jaqawn Raymond, a reserve guard, plan to transfer, the school announced Wednesday.

Painter, who averaged 6.2 points and 4.3 rebounds as a junior, wants to finish his career closer to his home in Norfolk, Va. to be with his ailing mother and grandmother. Under NCAA transfer rules, Painter can apply for a waiver and be eligible for the 2012-13 season.

Guard Lorenzo Brown and forward C.J. Leslie shared N.C. State's team MVP award on Monday at the team's awards banquet.

Brown also won the team award for most steals and assists and Leslie also won the team award for blocks and field goal percentage.

RALEIGH — N.C. State and the NBA will have to wait a little longer for a decision from C.J. Leslie.

The Wolfpack's star forward said Monday he hasn't made up his mind about where he will play basketball next season — in the ACC or the NBA.

Leslie, who led N.C. State in scoring as a sophomore, said he's leaning "one way" but he's not ready to make a decision.

"I'm not stressing about it, whatever I decide to do is going to be whatever I decide to do," Leslie said.

N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien saw positives and negatives in the Wolfpack’s first scrimmage of the spring Saturday – which is about what he expected.

O’Brien enjoyed watching quarterback Mike Glennon throw against the first-team secondary. In 75 plays, the offense scored two touchdowns, both on passes. The defense, which had 27 interceptions last season, picked off two passes in the scrimmage.

O’Brien said Glennon and the secondary are improving.

“(The secondary) is operating at a high level, which is good for them and our quarterback,” O’Brien said. “It’s all about making each other better.”

ESPN, NBC early polls place State among top 10.

The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NBA draft is a week away, and N.C. State's C.J. Leslie is still weighing his options, his mother Lisa said Tuesday.

Lisa Leslie said C.J. requested a report from the NBA's draft advisory committee, a group of NBA executives who provide players considering turning pro with a non-binding assessment of their draft status. Those reports are due back to players on Friday, and the Leslies plan to sit down with N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried once that information is in hand.

"Once that's in, we will sit down with the coach," Lisa Leslie said. "We'll go over it and play things out, see what the best option is."

"There are great rumors that he was kicked off the team, but there is nothing new that way," said Pack coach Tom O'Brien. "He's not practicing right now."